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Mental Health & Healing
“Menlo Park Library kicks off virtual events with Mental Health Open Mic on May 1,” InMenlo (April 2020) “Hear San Mateo Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto reading Love in the Time of COVID-19,” City of San Mateo (April 2020) “One of the most thoughtful gifts we can give is the gift of words,” San Mateo County…
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
A few days after the six Bay Area counties issued the mandate to shelter-in-place, neighbors mobilized to find ways to support each other. A few people started yard-based pantries stocked with food and other personal care items, others offered to run errands for the homebound, and there were those who gave away N95 masks and…
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April 2020: Pandemic Poetry
As 20% of the world’s population went under lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto sent out a call for poems on “sheltering.” By April 1st, 46 poets from across the US and around the world sent 90 poems, now archived in “MiGoZine: Poets on…
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Public Art at Belameda Park
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto’s poem “Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate” is the newest public art installation at Belameda Park, Belmont.
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February 2020: Poetry Out Loud
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto as one of 3 judges in the 2nd Annual San Mateo County Poetry Out Loud Competition sponsored by the Arts Commission. Poetry Out Loud is a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. This program helps students master…
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SMCPL 2020 Calendar
December 31, 2020, 11:30am to 12:30pm PST Noon Year’s Eve Zoom at the Daly City Senior Center December 24, 2020 to January 1, 2021, 6pm PST Westlake School for the Performing Arts’ virtual rendition of The Nutcracker. December 17, 2020, 6pm PST EAT, DRINK & SPEAK POETRY IN SAN MATEO COUNTY!A Holiday Poetry Reading and Community…
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Inaugural Filoli Haiku Contest
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and Filoli History House & Garden present the 1st Annual Haiku Competition inspired by Filoli’s winter garden. San Mateo County Poet Laureate to Judge Entries Reflecting the Beauty of Filoli’s Garden in Winter Deadline: Entries should be submitted by February 15, 2020, 12:00 pm. The finalists will be…
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2019 Summary
“To be a Poet Laureate is to perceive and bridge the gap that exists in a community. It is about creating empathy and recognizing our shared humanity… to be a poet is to help build, gather, restore. It’s about hope, that great unifier, which transforms lives, which fortifies communities, which changes the world.” Appointed by the…
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The Pink House of Purple Yam Preserves & Other Poems
Heartfelt gratitude to Neil Leadbeater for his careful reading of my second poetry collection. Neil’s review is published in The Halo-Halo Review, edited by Eileen R. Tabios. Cover features a photo of my mom, Corazon, at 16. Book design by C. Sophia Ibardaloza. The Pink House of Purple Yam Preserves and Other Poems (2018) Aileen I.…
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Bay Area Poets Laureate
Join us for a public reading and reception at 3:00 PM, by San Francisco Bay Area Poets Laureate past and present. Laureates from Bay Area cities and counties will read from their work, following a day-long gathering for workshops and presentations. This event is hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, and San…
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